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From the Toronto Star:
Good jobs long overdue at public library, workers say "Growth in part-time work is jeopardizing quality of life for library workers — and quality of service to customers, staff say" by Sara...
View ArticleLibrary Workers at City Hall
Local 4948 President Maureen O'Reilly makes a deputation at Toronto City Hall to the Budget Committee. Presenting with her are two precarious library workers, Alice and Tori....
View ArticleLearn and Share: Black History Month
Watch this short documentary on Martin Luther King's involvement with the sanitation workers strike in Memphis. Here are a few ways to learn, share and celebrate Black History Month in Canada:...
View ArticleA Great City is Built on Good Jobs
Library workers are 75% women. 50% Part-time. Precarious work cannot sustain our great public library service.
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Family Day Skating Party!
The Library Workers will be at Mel Lastman Square on Monday, February 15 at 10 am to give out free hot chocolate, library union swag and buttons!
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Solidarity with Local 79 on February 25
Show your solidarity with Local 79! Brown bagging event at Nathan Philips Square: Thursday, February 25 at 12:15 pm Click here for CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire on CBC.
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The 2016 Library Budget and Impact on Negotiations
A L W A Y S F O L L O W T H E M O N E Y The 2016 Library Budget and Impact on NegotiationsAt the Special City Council meeting on February 17, 2016 the City of Toronto approved the Library...
View ArticleThe Precarity Monster
{youtube}vf2FTAUzK68{/youtube} Click here to watch Maureen O'Reilly speaking with Stephen Le Drew on CP24 at Noon. Click here to read David Shum, Global News "Library Workers Launch Precarious Work...
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Toronto Star Article
Toronto library workers in contract talks with city The head of the union representing 2,200 library staff say the city is not helping end "precarious" jobs. RICHARD LAUTENS /...
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15 & Fairness Rally April 15 at 12:30 pm
Join the 15 & Fairness Campaign for a rally outside the Ministry of Labour. The Toronto Public Library Workers Union will be there! Where: The Ministry of Labour, 400 University Avenue When:...
View ArticleLibrary Workers - Strike / Lockout Deadline May 2
Library Workers Request No-Board: City TV News
View ArticleThank You Margaret Atwood!
Please stand with the #Toronto #Library workers who are bargaining to improve service at Our Public Library. #TPL https://t.co/aq0qwREeGz— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) April 22, 2016
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John Tory and Doug Ford Chat About Closing Libraries: Good Business to Shut...
{youtube}v=8J-Ei5DqNG0{/youtube} John Tory as radio host in a chat with Doug Ford suggests it would be good business to close 10% of Toronto's libraries.
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Toronto Public Library Workers Moving Towards Strike Deadline
Thank you Torontonians for your continued support. The Toronto Public Library Workers Union Local 4948 are committed to bargaining a fair collective agreement. Our strike deadline is Monday, May 2 at...
View ArticleLibrary Workers Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
Maureen O'Reilly, President of Local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 4948 The Toronto Public Library Workers Union) announced today the union has reached a tentative...
View ArticleToronto Public Library Workers Ratify Tentative Agreement
Members of Local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4948) today ratified a new collective agreement with the Toronto Public Library Board (TPLB).The four-year agreement contains...
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